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By Emily Burton, PhD, Oral Historian Introduction This blog focusses on the work lives of four women from the Philippines who are among the many Filipinos to arrive in Prince Edward Island in recent years. All four women participated in oral history interviews in 2023, and all four live in Western …
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… S.S. Waterman on April 15, 1952. I was eight years old and the only thing I recall about the trip was being so seasick, I never left the room. Needless to say my mother and … landlord he only had five children and whenever the landlord dropped by, three kids had to hide. In 1954 they moved to London, Ontario. Both …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:00:53 Transcript: One of the larger … most dangerous voyages that refugees make when they escape persecution by sea. We invite our visitors to sit down in this boat and contemplate the …
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… by Eleanor Matheson, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:00:47 Transcript: My … 21. And so that means that I give tours, in English and French, and we also do all kinds of other little duties. So we sell the tickets and we, give people maps and let them know what’s going on in the museum. …
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… Walter MacDonald Searle met his wife to be, Beulah Cynthia at a dance in Haverhill, Suffolk, in England April 28, 1945. He was a Corporal in the RCAF but wearing a Newfoundland flash on his uniform since that is where he was … Mechanic, therefore playing a very important part in the War effort. We were married in Haverhill October 30, 1945. He was stationed in …
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… see here: http://www.italiancanadianww2.ca/ The project was funded by: …
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… by Eleanor Matheson, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:00:59 Transcript: So I … the Empress of Ireland was getting ready to sail away. This might have been the last sight that people were seeing. So it’s a recognizable … the Château Frontenac. It’s an historic silhouette. It doesn’t have a big addition that would have—more contemporary that you might …
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April 8, 1948 - Family and friends waving good bye to the passengers on the Kota Inten leaving the harbour of Rotterdam The Terpstra family The Terpstra children Inte and Hilda …
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… Digital StoryTelling) Time 0:01:49 Transcript: So, it was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, … to change. The larger, historical picture had begun to change, and the way that we thought about the United States, which to me, in the growing-up years, the United States was just the obvious place to be, and it was the best, and it was the most important and, everything …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:17 Transcript: This creepy shattered … It has an automatic sort of flotation shut device on it, made by the Thomas Utley Company of Liverpool. And it’s one of only five … of the wreck. So it greets visitors as they come through the door. And we’re enhancing that with a ripple-y, watery light effect as you come …